Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Number-crunching in China

50: times you will hear "hello miss, shoesbagswatch?" in downtown Shanghai in one hour.
0: pushchairs or prams in China. Everyone carries their kids in their arms.
0: nappies on Chinese babies. They have strategic slits in their trousers instead, and cold bums.
9000: rooms in the Forbidden City.
1: Starbucks in the Forbidden City.
32.66: cost (in pounds) of the train fare from Beijing to Shanghai (1463 km).
129: cost (in pounds) of the train fare from Aberdeen to London (841 km).
??: weight I've put on in China from eating too much Chinese food - I'd rather not think about it.

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